SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

E4 Computer Engineering S.p.A.

E-Rack Twin E7116

SPECfp®2006 = 46.4

CPU2006 license: 3106 Test date: Mar-2011
Test sponsor: E4 Computer Engineering S.p.A. Hardware Availability: May-2009
Tested by: E4 Computer Engineering S.p.A. Software Availability: Jun-2009
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5620
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.67 GHz
CPU MHz: 2400
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 24 GB (6 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running
at 1066 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 250GB SATA II Western Digital
WD2502ABYS-01B7A0, 7200 rpm
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64)
Kernel 2.6.27.s7-9-default
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE
for applications running on Intel 64
Version 12.0.4 Build 20110427
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
410.bwaves 88.1 154   87.1 156   86.3 157   87.5 155   87.9 155   87.3 156  
416.gamess 1048   18.7 1044   18.8 1048   18.7 876   22.4 885   22.1 876   22.3
433.milc 213   43.1 213   43.2 213   43.1 209   43.9 209   44.0 209   44.0
434.zeusmp 111   81.9 111   81.9 111   81.9 111   81.9 111   81.9 111   81.9
435.gromacs 409   17.4 409   17.5 410   17.4 378   18.9 380   18.8 378   18.9
436.cactusADM 70.1 171   70.8 169   70.2 170   70.1 171   70.8 169   70.2 170  
437.leslie3d 100   93.6 100   93.6 100   93.6 100   93.6 100   93.6 100   93.6
444.namd 515   15.6 516   15.6 515   15.6 506   15.9 506   15.9 506   15.9
447.dealII 336   34.0 336   34.0 336   34.0 336   34.0 336   34.0 336   34.0
450.soplex 298   28.0 298   28.0 298   27.9 298   28.0 298   28.0 298   27.9
453.povray 215   24.8 215   24.8 215   24.8 173   30.7 173   30.8 175   30.4
454.calculix 347   23.7 348   23.7 349   23.6 313   26.4 313   26.4 312   26.4
459.GemsFDTD 170   62.5 173   61.5 172   61.9 160   66.3 160   66.5 159   66.6
465.tonto 429   22.9 430   22.9 427   23.0 368   26.7 369   26.7 370   26.6
470.lbm 60.4 227   60.8 226   60.8 226   99.2 138   99.2 138   99.2 138  
481.wrf 271   41.2 268   41.7 271   41.2 271   41.2 268   41.7 271   41.2
482.sphinx3 438   44.5 437   44.6 436   44.7 419   46.5 423   46.1 420   46.4

Operating System Notes

'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
Hugepages was enabled with the following:
'nodev   /mnt/hugepages   hugetlbfs  defaults   0 0' added to /etc/fstab
echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes

Platform Notes

Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS
Power C-states enabled in BIOS
Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS

General Notes

OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
416.gamess:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
433.milc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
434.zeusmp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
435.gromacs:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
450.soplex:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
459.GemsFDTD:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
470.lbm:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -parallel   -ansi-alias   -static   -auto-ilp32 
482.sphinx3:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -parallel 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  basepeak = yes 
453.povray:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -static 
416.gamess:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep-   -static 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
465.tonto:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto   -unroll4   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
481.wrf:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.xml.